The Building
What is the name of the room where we join for fellowship and middle school youth group?
Ingram Hall
When will youth group meet each week?
Wednesdays from 6:00-7:30.
Name our pastor that just retired.
Name on way our group connects with less out and about members of the church?
Choose any of these:
Intergenerational dinner, Pumpkin decorating, Thanksgiving letters... am I missing something?
True or False our church is older than the city of Eau Claire?
True! Our church was on December 19th, 1856. The city of Eau Claire became an incorporated city in 1872.
What grades are in Middle School Youth Group?
6th, 7th, and 8th grade
Name someone that is helping with middle school youth group this year.
Tiffany Leighton-Giffey, Rachel Hart-Brinson, Mary Beth Tusing, Brittany Hattrem... there might be more!
True or False - Feed My Starving Children is an activity where the middle school youth group and the congregation go to South Dakota. There we pack meals for the world's hungriest children.
False - We travel to Minnesota to pack food for this organization.
1917 and 1918 were difficult years for our church. Which one of these did not happen?
1) A fire significantly damaged the church.
2) The pastor suddenly died.
3) Vandals significantly damaged the organ.
4) World War I was happening.
3. Vandals did not damage the organ.
Name 2 reasons someone might join youth group.
Answers may vary.
Who is provided dinner tonight?
The church (Brittany bought it though.)
JONAH is one group that our church is involved in. What doe JONAH stand for?
1) Just One Nation Accepting Heaven.
2) Joining Our Neighbors, Advancing Hope
3) Join One Nation Asking for Hope
2) Joining Our Neighbors, Advancing Hope
JONAH coordinates actions, gathers information on justice issues at local and national levels, and shares that information with partner congregations.
Who is Ingram Hall named after?
1) Cornelia Ingram, the wife of a successful lumber businessman.
2) Orin Ingram, a successful lumber businessman.
1) When Cornelia Ingram passed, her estate and the Ingram family provided the money for construction of a community house in her memory.
What is the training called that we need to take to safely travel and participate in middle school youth group?
Safe Sanctuary
Name someone who is involved in music in the church.
Many answers
What is the purpose of middle school youth group?
1) To form relationships with people in our youth group, the congregation, and the community.
2) To serve God through our actions -- working to understand/address issues of homelessness, food insecurity, loneliness, climate change, and more.
3) To have fun.
4) All of the above
4) All of the above
Our first church building was built in 1859 for how much money?
1) $339
2) $4,000
3) $10,230
2) $4,000
What was the average Sunday school attendance in 1956?
1) 75
2) 150
3) 300
300 kids on average attended Sunday school in 1956!
In 1967, we welcomed a new assistant minister, Rev James Zwerg. What remarkable thing did he do?
1) He fought in WWII as a pilot.
2) He was involved with the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement.
3) He was a nationally known singer.
2) Rev. James Zwerg was with other Freedom Riders when they were attached while waiting for a bus to go South. He knelt and prayed, feeling confident he would die and requested the strength to remain non-violent. He was severely beaten and almost died. After a few years and he had recovered, he went back to school and became a minister.
What designation did our church get this year?
In June of this year, our church voted to take an open and affirming covenant.
This was an acknowledgement that diversity in who we are and how we look brings with it differences in experience and thought that shape and transform our congregational identity. We believe it is important to explicitly welcome into our congregation those who have been othered and then marginalized by society or by some faith communities. All who seek fellowship, peace, and justice are welcome and loved as members, participants, visitors, supporters, and dissenters.